An improved online multiple object tracking algorithm based on KFHT motion compensation model in the aerial videos

Pingping Wu*, Hong Xu, Yan Ding*, Zhaodi Wang, Jinbo Zhang

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Abstract

Due to the rotation of unmanned aerial vehicle, the position of object in the image could shift a lot which easily leads to tracking failure. To solve this problem, a motion compensation model based on Kalman Filter and Homography Transformation (KFHT) is designed in this paper to predict the position of trackers and to compensate position offset. And then an improved online multiple object tracking algorithm based on KFHT is proposed. In our algorithm, object appearance feature is extracted by residual CNN, the feature similarity and location association of objects are utilized to accomplish the object discrimination by two stage matching. To verify the effectives of the improved algorithm, experimental evaluation is carried out on the VisDrone2019 dataset by using YOLOv5 detection results and prior ground truth respectively. Results demonstrate that the algorithm given in this paper reduces the number of identity switches by 17% with YOLOv5 and by 66% with prior ground truth, and increases the tracking accuracy about 1.5% and 3.6% in MOTA respectively. The experimental results show that our algorithm based on the KFHT model is effective.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSeventh Symposium on Novel Photoelectronic Detection Technology and Applications
EditorsJunhong Su, Junhao Chu, Qifeng Yu, Huilin Jiang
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510643611
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Event7th Symposium on Novel Photoelectronic Detection Technology and Applications - Kunming, China
Duration: 5 Nov 20207 Nov 2020

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume11763
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

Conference7th Symposium on Novel Photoelectronic Detection Technology and Applications
Country/TerritoryChina
CityKunming
Period5/11/207/11/20

Keywords

  • Homography transformation
  • KFHT motion compensation
  • Kalman filter
  • Multiple object tracking

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